Don't Know Much About History

1) Name five important books of the 1920s.
The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Three Soldiers - John Dos Passos
The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
Main Street and Babbitt - Sinclair Lewis

2) What was the first "talkie"? How did it change America?
The first talkie was The Jazz Singer, which starred Al Jolson in blackface. After that, Hollywood spent millions of dollars to produce movies because the public couldn't get enough of them.

3) Discuss the "Red Scare of 1919".
Communism was alive in Russia and the Americans didn't want that to happen to them so it was easy to create hysteria with the Red Scare. It was a fear, or dislike, towards any foreign ideas.

4) What was the 18th amendment? Why was it enacted? How did it go wrong?
It prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within the United States. Prohibition drove drunkenness behind doors and into dark places. It was hard to enforce it.

5) Who were Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul?
They founded National Woman Suffrage Association, which helped enforce the 14th amendment.

6) What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America?
He built the first gasoline-driven car in the Edison company in Detroit (1890). He made it possible for everybody to have a car. The model T sold for under $300.

7) What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times?
He he was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic. He added another boost to American feelings of confidence, invincibility, and Hoover's "rugged individualism."

8) What were "pool operators" and how were they crooked?
They were people who manipulated the stock market. They bought cheap stocks, drove up the prices, them dumped them off, leaving them to a sucker holding a bag of overpriced stock.

9) How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash?
People bought what they couldn't pay for, and when they all tried to get their money out of the bank, the banks then ran out of money, leaving share holders with debt they couldn't pay off.

10) What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday?
On Black Thursday 13 million shares of stock were sold. On Black Tuesday more than 16 million shares were sold off.

11) What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs?
He didn't believe in them. He believed that the government shouldn't get involved in people's business. He believed the economy would fix itself and that people were tough and could just wait out the depression because it was just part of an economic cycle that happened all the time. He thought relief programs were socialist or communist.

12) What was the "Bonus Army"?
It was a large group of veterans and their families who had been promised a bonus to be given in 1945. They camped outside the White House and the Capitol to get their money, because they needed it and knew they deserved it. They were attacked by the military and run off with the use of huge force sent by Hoover.

13) What happened during the "Hundred Days"?
FDR and the Congress passed many relief and reform pieces of legislation, sometimes without even reading them. They were aimed at making a dent in the problems that the Depression had caused. FDR's attitude was to try anything, and if it didn't work to get rid of it.

14) What was the WPA and what did it do?
The WPA was the Work Projects Administration. The WPA was responsible for 10% of the new roads in the US. It also built new hospitals, city halls, courthouses, and schools. They also set up artistic projects that employed thousands of musicians, writers, and artists.

15) What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important?
Fireside Chats were FDR's way to speak to the American public. They were talks that he gave on the radio. They became important because it was the first time that the people felt the government was speaking directly to them.

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The alliances aimed to keep peace by creating a system that prevented any one counrty from dominating the others.

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It said that they were gonna team up with Mexico and that they had a chance to get some of their land back in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. The U.S. reacted angrily to this.

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It was a warning sent out by German Military boats. They had to warn passenger and neutral ships before attacking.

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Wilson

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Russia's withdrawal from the war allowed the Germans to move hundreds of thousands of troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front in France.

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The Food Administration was made. This kept Americans conserving food, and producing more food. The War Industries Board was also an important group for American workers. It was set to make old factories into factories that made war supplies.

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President Wilson, Prime Minister David Lloyd Clemenceau of France, and Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando of Italy

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He didn't want other nations to have any say over American Troops or American Ships.

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They could see the layout of soldiers. It was faster than marching. They could drop bombs. They also had guns so they could shoot things, like other planes.

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With Russia out of the picture they could join the Allies and attack the Central Powers from both sides. It was supported by the people because the outcome was now more positive.

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The United States, Great Britain, France and Italy

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About 50 Miles

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East

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France